market,” he said.
“Then we started investigating in which
ways our know-how and our experience
with different robotic technologies could
be used and we found out that the drone
industry was starting to emerge. At the
time it was not as strong as it is today.”
While his university work focused on out-
door environments, on his own time Dr.
Ramirez-Serrano worked for about eight
years to develop his UAV that could be
marketed for confined spaces. Such envi-
ronments are found in numerous sectors
including urban search and rescue, polic-
ing, mining, and critical infrastructure in-
spection. Now his drone technology and
systems can be considered a game chang-
er due to their ability to perform complex
maneuvers at zero speed and be deployed
in GPS (global positioning system) denied
spaces.
MINIMAL MARKETING
NEEDED
The units are starting to sell, according
to Dr. Ramirez-Serrano, even though the
company has done very little advertis-
ing. 4Front Robotics primarily focuses on
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